Biography Richard Sedlon

Richard Sedlon (1900-1992) was an American painter from Bedford, Ohio.

He was born on August 26, 1900 in the Bohemian section of Philadelphia. The second son and child of Vincent and Hortense Sedlon, Richard found his artistic calling early in life and by 18 years old was already a journeyman lithographer with Morgan Lithography in Cleveland - the largest printing outfit of its time nationwide. Richard was also a professional artist who dabbled in carvings, oil paintings and sketches.

He lived in Bedford, Ohio with his wife Anne (the former Anne Nyerges) in the Hezekiah Dunham House, which Anne inherited from her family, until he died in the early 1990s.